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Craft Hoarders & Altered Pages Blog Hop

Craft Hoarders & Altered Pages Blog Hop

Hello, Friends! There’s a new challenge up on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog. This time around the fine folks at Altered Pages have sponsored the challenge, so we’ve paired up for a fun Craft Hoarders & Altered Pages Blog Hop. The theme of the challenge is “Button it Up!”

Challenge #14 Button it Up!

Crafters of every stripe are button hoarders! Buttons are pretty, inexpensive, and extremely versatile. If you are a card maker, quilter, layout artist, or anything in between, you probably have a button hoard! Buttons come in many sizes, styles, shapes, and colors, plus they are easy to store…usually in cute containers! Pull out those bins of buttons and use some of them for your challenge project!

One talented participant will receive a $15 gift certificate, donated by Altered Pages!

ALTERING YOUR CREATIVITY, that’s what we believe in at AlteredPages.com. Our job is to supply you with inspiration and the tools to make it happen. We enjoy the creative process of all skill levels and mediums, so dive in and have fun with this challenge. Both Design Teams are creating inspiring works to spark you into creating too! Grab those bins and boxes, drag out your stash and let’s GO.

French Seamstress Altered Canvas with Buttons

Here’s the 8″ x 10″ canvas I altered with the goodies I received from Altered Pages. I used texture paste to add a flourish stencil to my canvas, then spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer mist. Once it was dry, I stamped over the background with Rose Madder Archival ink and a crackle background stamp to age everything. I treated the Altered Pages French Seamstress with UTEE to make it look like an old photo, and then added a tissue paper flower made with burlap and a pattern piece sent to me in the DT package I rummaged around in my Closet of Shame and found some old lace that I fussy cut and added, spools, feathers, mini scissors, some of my mom’s old sewing bobbins and lots of other sewing ephemera that I assembled into a collage. I used one of the mini canvases that Canvas Corp sent me to make the little mini button canvas, which might be my favorite part of the collage. I know you are all going to want to know where I found the scissors, so I will tell you here: the Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I used Tim’s Tattered Florals die to make the big fabric flower on the left, and Spellbinder’s rolled roses on the right. The sewing machine is fussy cut from the Altered Pages Antique Sewing sheet and was also treated with UTEE to make it look like an epoxy embellishment.

Go get inspired, then dig into your crafty hoard and create a new project featuring buttons. Then link it up at Craft Hoarders Anonymous before midnight Pacific time on August 31st. I’ll be stopping by to take a peek!

Great Job! Absolutely Amazing. I found one of those old sewing machines last year in a house we were renovating. I have toyed with the idea of cleaning it up and putting it on display in my craft space. They are beautiful machines.

This is really lovely… the thought that went into this is deep girl friend… really deep and lovely… I love it all… but the pink tape and the little buttons are pretty high up there… love it all though… really a lovely, lovely, lovely piece… Love, light and Peace…Bonnie

I really enjoyed looking at all the wonderful detail you incorporated into this ambitious and beautiful design! Thanks for the tutorial…it is something I might try. Your work is fabs. We were delighted to find this propped against our front door here at 613 Avenue Create. We look forward to your next visit.
Hugz,
Chana, Owner

Gorgeous background!! That is my favorite part. Another thing I really liked was the paper stitched with the blue embroidery thread. I know it’s a small part, but it really stands out to me. Overall, just lovely!!

I love this vintage work of art! I especially love the use of all the sewing embellishments – you truly put a lot ot effort into creating a project that just perfectly shows off the buttons and all the other kinds of items that sewing ladies use! What a darling project!

What a WONDERFUL sewing collage Kathy! ALL the fabulous detail and itty bitty pieces make it so warm, homey and happy! Wouldn’t this be a wonderful gift for the lady who does a lot of sewing … AWESOME piece of ART!! Well done! I LOVE IT!!

Gorgeous canvas. I love the sewing theme, and there is so much to see and enjoy on your piece. TFS where you got the scissors, and I also love the mini button canvas you made. Such a clever idea. So happy to be hopping with you today.